Acharya Prashant explains that a person who lives identifying with their skin or stomach will inevitably also live identifying with their genitals. When someone complains about the bad habit of masturbation, he advises them to first let go of their other body-related bad habits. He states that the job one does all day is a bad habit just as dirty as masturbation. Masturbation is considered a bad habit because in that act, one becomes purely the body, using the mind, intellect, and imagination to fulfill an old, primal carnal urge. The speaker draws a parallel, asking if one doesn't do the same thing in their office. In the office, one is also merely the body, having sold their intellect, imagination, and creativity to fulfill the body's demands. He asserts that most people in offices are essentially masturbating from morning to evening, as offices are just centers for the fulfillment of desires. People go to offices to fulfill their bodily demands. One feels bad about spilling semen on the bed but doesn't feel bad about doing the same thing respectfully in the office all day, which is also just about feeding the stomach. There is no difference between the skin, stomach, and genitals; they are all parts of the body. Whether one lives as the skin, the intestines, or the testicles, one is living as the body. He points out the hypocrisy of companies banning porn sites when the entire program of the office is a form of pornography, and the employees are, in a way, porn stars. A porn star is someone who sells their body to fulfill the body's demands, which is what people in offices are also doing. The speaker clarifies that "feeding the stomach" is symbolic and includes all forms of consumption through the senses, such as TV, luxuries, and travel. He observes that people want to preserve their bigger, dirtier habits while being troubled by smaller, five-minute ones. He gives an analogy of a CA who teaches tax evasion but complains about his son stealing a small pencil. The core message is to correct the bigger habits, and the smaller habits will automatically be resolved.
